Comments on: What About Google Adsense?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:40:18 +0000

I have nothing good to say about Google Ad Sense! I am with AdBrite now and LOVE them. way more control over your ads, and the ads that come up really seem better inline with your content.

By: lsparamo

lsparamo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:40:53 +0000

I tried adnonsense from Gobbledy google for 30 seconds. The first ads that showed up were HIGHLY offensive, and I mean HIGHLY!!!! ZAP!!! GONE!!!!

By: Cardamom

Cardamom — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:17:22 +0000

Thanks for this. I'm slowly building my blog, and Google Adsense was recommended to me. I was hesitant. Now I'm going to wait until I see that they have better ways to control the ads, which they'll probably not do unless there's a massive boycott…

By: Jenn @ Beautiful Calling

Jenn @ Beautiful Calling — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:23:45 +0000

I tried adsense for about a week. I wasn't happy with the ads that were coming up related to my topics. I blog about recipes, daily life and a few product reviews. I wrote a post about my mother getting married in Australia and next thing you know, I had all these ads up for Asian women or mail order bride type things. I was so glad I had popped on to my blog otherwise I wouldn't have even known those showed up!! You can never be sure what they are going to run in that space you give them!! (and I didn't have a single click on any of the ads)

By: Buffyfan

Buffyfan — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:39:22 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts. I agree, I kind of put off by adsense because on average, I dont like the ads that pop up. The majority that pop up are single momindebts links because of my blog name, http://www.newyorkcitysinglemom.com which just plain annoys me. Also if I write about a product review a competitor link will pop up.

I am new the blogging world and I have come to the conclusion that Adsense is a scam. I have made pretty much no money to speak of.

your article is giving me impetus to just take all of them off and be done with google.

By: Family World Fun

Family World Fun — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:33:45 +0000

I agree with you about Google Ads. You can't control it and for me it just doesn't look nice on my blog. I just try to keep it clean and simple. And if somebody wants to sponsor an ad on my blog they can, but only if I find it is what my readers would like to see.

I just want my readers to come back and have fun….And not be hassled with google ads….

By: Heckety

Heckety — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:38:21 +0000

When I read about it I thought it wasn't a wise move for all the reasons you name, so thank you for writing this.

By: Susan Helene Gottfried

Susan Helene Gottfried — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:20:26 +0000

I don't use Adsense, myself, but wanted to address the issue of the ads offending our audiences.

I simply block the ads out. If I didn't belong to the EntreCard community, I'd block those out, too. After all, I'm stopping by someone's blog to read what they've written. Not to check out (or judge) their layout or to see their ads.

Just 2c... clearly, I'm the minority, since many people use Adsense and make money from it.

By: SisterTipster

SisterTipster — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:39:10 +0000

I am frustrated with all the marketing done on blogs and have done just a little bit myself, but no adsense, just widget boxes. It's not earning me any income, but because of my personal irritation in seeing so many ads, I have refrained~any ideas other than adsense how to make money without glazing over my reader's eyes with ads or losing their trust with products I don't endorse??

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:01:53 +0000

What about Amazon widgets/search button? You can control and promote books/products you trust. Just a thought! You get enough traffic, it might help.